20 Pre-Production Tips to Create Successful Video Content
UPDATED! This post was expanded and updated for 2017 to include fresh new information. If you hadn’t already learned from personal experience, then you might have at least wondered: with all the studies and stats showing the effectiveness of video content marketing, why are there so many teams yet to produce ANY video content?
20 Entertaining Examples of Motion Graphics
Motion graphics are graphics that use video footage and/or animation technology to create the illusion of motion or rotation, graphics are usually combined with audio for use in multimedia projects. Motion graphics are usually displayed via electronic media technology, but may be displayed via manual powered technology (e.g. thaumatrope, phenakistoscope, stroboscope, zoetrope, praxinoscope, flip book) as well. The term is useful for distinguishing still graphics from graphics with a transforming appearance over time without over-specifying the form.
3 tips for processing and editing wildlife photos in Lightroom
by Jeremy Gray posted Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 3:00 PM EDT Wildlife photography is certainly challenging when out in the field, but you're not done right when you capture a nice shot.
Pop-Up Books Get the Magical Movie Treatment [Video]
Intricate papercraft designs are mindblowing enough. But what happens when you add elements of film, puppet theater, pop-up books, and interactive light projection? "The Ice Book," a spellbinding traveling show by Davy and Kristin McGuire. Which sounds hard to grasp, but watch the video: The husband-and-wife team says they "always had the dream of creating a theatre performance that opened up like a pop-up book." They actually wanted to produce a life-sized version; The Ice Book was created as a smaller-scale "demonstration model" to lure funding, but then turned into a sensation all on its own.
16 Video Metrics Your Boss Actually Cares About
Conventional wisdom tells us that views, especially three-seconds ones, are a vanity metric. But Facebook tracks them for a good reason. In 2016, they analyzed their users’ video consumption data and discovered that 45% of people who watch the first three seconds of a video will keep watching it for at least 30 seconds. Facebook’s study suggests that views are a good indicator of how well your video’s hook performed. But views also have drawbacks, like not being able to tell you who your audience is or whether your video resonates with your audience. That’s why we created this list of YouTube and Facebook video metrics that’ll shed light on the things your boss actually cares about, like how much your audience engages with your video, what video topics they crave, and how video affects your website’s performance.
The Jedi Path book presentation box
Its silver vault doors sport an embossed image of two moons setting over the rounded edge of a nearby planet and two hands clutching a lightsabre... Press the button on the bottom and, in a wash of blue light and sound effects, the doors slowly open and the book within rises on a platform. Yes, folks it's the packaging for The Jedi Path, a limited edition book, created collaboratively by print production company Imago, publisher becker&mayer! and, of course, Lucasfilm.
10 Tips for Video Post Production
I have spent a lot of time trying to improve my photography and filming skills. Filming something well is almost identical to taking a good photograph. The same principles apply. Learn how your camera works.
How To Survive The Making Of A Documentary
2Save By Faith Fuller, Publisher Are you stuck somewhere in the process of making your documentary? Have you lost confidence in your ability to finish the project? Or maybe you're just wondering how to get started. There are all kinds of devilish issues that can sabotage your filmmaking efforts.
